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Parenting Stress, Child Behavior Problems, and Dysphoria in Parents of Children with Autism, Down Syndrome, Behavior Disorders, and Normal Development

Dumas, Jean E., Wolf, Lucille C., Fisman, Sandra N., Culligan, Annie·1991·Exceptionality
DOI 10.1080/09362839109524770
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We assessed differences in parental reports of parenting stress, child behavior problems, and dysphoria in 150 families who had children with autism (n = 30), behavior disorders (n = 30), Down syndrome (n = 30), or normal development (n = 60). We measured stress with the Parenting Stress Index, child behavior problems with the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory, and dysphoria with the Beck Depression Inventory. We controlled data for sociodemographic differences across groups, and results indicated the following: (1) Parents of children with autism and behavior disorders experienced statistically and clinically higher levels of parenting stress than parents in the other two groups. (2) Parents of children with behavior disorders reported that their children presented behavioral difficulties that were statistically and clinically more intense and numerous than those of all other children. (3) Mothers of children with autism and behavior disorders experienced statistically and clinically higher levels of dysphoria than mothers in the other two groups, which appeared to be specifically related to the stresses of parenting exceptional children rather than to personal dysfunction. In contrast, mothers of children with Down syndrome did not differ from mothers of nondisabled children on any of the measures. Finally, no major effect of the children's age or gender was found across the four groups, except for the fact that mothers of younger (less than 7 yrs, 5 mos.) autistic children reported greater dysphoria than mothers in the other three groups.

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Authors
Dumas, J. E., Wolf, L. C., Fisman, S. N., & Culligan, A.
Affiliations
Western University (CA)
Venue
Exceptionality
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1991-01
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
97-110
ISSN
  • 0936-2835 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7035
DOI
10.1080/09362839109524770
OpenAlex
W2059778979
Cited by
390
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 32 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 17
FWCI
0.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Exceptionality (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Keywords
parental stress, child behavior problems, autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, behavior disorders, mothers, Parenting Stress Index, Beck Depression Inventory, Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory, exceptional children, child age

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